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NAMES IN THE NEWS

          Jets Owner LEON HESS has been hospitalized for about
     three weeks with a broken hip (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 4/29). 
     Meanwhile, Jets PR Assistant Berj Najarian said the team
     "would have no reports on his condition" (NEWSDAY, 4/29).
     ...ESPN analyst RAY KNIGHT was charged with disorderly
     conduct for "striking a spectator" after his daughter's
     softball game (AP, 4/29)....MIKE TYSON is ready to "tell
     all" and will "be asking for somewhere between" $3-5M for a
     book deal (MSNBC.com, 4/29)....Agent JOE CUBAS, who
     specializes in representing Cuban MLB players who have
     defected, "plans to hook up with another Monday in
     Baltimore" during the Orioles exhibition game. Cubas: "I'm
     going there with that intent" (USA TODAY, 4/29)....MLB
     Rangers SS ROYCE CLAYTON will make a $100,000 donation for
     an endowed college scholarship through the JACKIE ROBINSON
     Foundation (STAR-TELEGRAM, 4/29)....Turner Sports President
     HARVEY SCHILLER will play 60 holes of golf Friday on his
     60th birthday (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 4/29).
 

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 6, 2024

Takeaways from a big sports weekend including The Kentucky Derby and F1's Miami Grand Prix; Caitlin Clark's WNBA preseason debut; a new RSN set to form in Chicago.

Learfield's Cory Moss, MASN/ESPN's Ben McDonald, and Canelo

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with Learfield's Cory Moss as he talks about his company’s collaboration on EA Sports College Football. Later in the show, we hear from MASN/ESPN baseball analyst Ben McDonald on how he sees the college and professional baseball scene shaking out. SBJ’s Adam Stern shares his thoughts on the upcoming Canelo-Mungia bout on Prime Video and DAZN.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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